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Del_Mar_Dennis heard wind of Friday’s exhibition opener being blacked out because of the opening ceremonies at the Olympics. Actually the Olympics have nothing to do with it, we’re dealing with the old NFL blackout rule if the game isn’t soldout. No official word is out until tomorrow, 72 hours before the game, but it looks like the game is headed for blackout.

Channel 2 will likely have the game, which starts at 7 in Oakland at 10 p.m. on tape delay. Meanwhile channel 5 will probably put it on at 11:30 p.m.

Could this be a harbinger of things to come? It’s also possible that regular-season 49ers games could also be blacked out, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.